Urban–rural and socioeconomic variations in lifetime prevalence of symptoms of sexually transmitted infections among Bangladeshi adolescents

Asia Pacific Family Medicine

Mohammad Showkat Gani³  Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury²  Lennarth Nyström¹ 

[1] Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 85, Sweden

[2] Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Columbia 10032, NY, USA

[3] Health and Population Research Unit, Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, 15th Floor, BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

关键词: Bangladesh;    Adolescents;    Urban–rural;    Lifetime prevalence;    STI;   

Others  :  1083956
DOI  :  10.1186/s12930-014-0007-y

 received in 2012-03-14, accepted in 2014-06-27,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Aim

To identify socioeconomic and urban–rural variations in self-reported lifetime prevalence of symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STI).

Methods

This cross-sectional study used data from the Bangladesh Adolescents Survey 2005 conducted on 11,986 adolescents, using a cluster sampling methods. Data were analysed using SPSS applying principle components analysis, multivariate logistic regression analysis, and prevalence ratio (PR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).

Results

Self-reported lifetime prevalence of STI symptoms was 11.6%. Urban adolescents had 11% lower prevalence than their rural counterparts (PR(U/R) = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.79-1.00). Probability of self-reported lifetime symptoms of STI was highest among 20–24 years old income-generating male educated workers of mid-socioeconomic status living in rural areas (0.31).

Conclusions

The residence (urban–rural) factor is more influential than the socioeconomic factor. Simpler and cheaper mode of screening and case finding tools for STIs would greatly help. Health promotion and education programs can decrease the adolescents’ vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Gani et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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